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How to Change the Boot Order on Windows 11 [2 Ways]
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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There are certain situations in which you need to change the boot order in Windows 11. You might want to boot from a USB drive or an external hard drive, or you may want to change your default OS.
Before Windows 10, there were not many ways to achieve this. You could only keep pressing a key at boot so many times, just to miss getting to the BIOS at all.
However, today, there are more ways to achieve this. This article will go into detail to tell you all the ways using which you can change the boot order in Windows 11.
How can I change the boot order in Windows 11?
1. Go to the BIOS menu
Getting into BIOS/UEFI settings enables you to tweak low-level computer settings. You can even access and alter the settings of your CPU.
There are many ways to open up the boot menu in Windows 11. However, this was the easiest way to achieve this.
You can also get to the UEFI Firmware settings by following the steps below:
If you need toupdate the BIOS, follow the instructions given in this article.
2. Make changes from Boot Option Priorities
BIOS is an acronym for Basic Input/Output System. It is firmware that is stored on a motherboard chip and has access to your computer’s hardware.
The computer boots into BIOS after starting and this configures your hardware before giving the system to a boot device, e.g. your hard drive.
Furthermore, using boot manager applications such as EasyBCD can be helpful if you do not want to go through all that trouble.
These applications give you complete control over your boot settings. They can even help you add boot options to the current list.
Check out this article if you’re looking for thebest Windows 10/11 boot repair tools to rescue your PC.
Let us know whether you were able to successfully change the boot orders in Windows 11 in the comments section below.
More about the topics:BIOS,Windows 11
Farhad Pashaei
As a technophile, Farhad has spent the last decade getting hands-on experience with a variety of electronic devices, including smartphones, laptops, accessories, wearables, printers, and so on. When he isn’t writing, you can bet he’s devouring information on products making their market foray, demonstrating his unquenchable thirst for technology.
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